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Kenya Sector Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation REPUBLIC OF KENYA SECTOR PLAN FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION 2013-2017 KENYA Revitalizing and Harnessing Science, Technology and Innovation for Kenya’s Prosperity and Global Competitiveness i FOREWORD The government recognizes the key role played by Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) in wealth creation and building human capital required for the transition to a knowledge driven economy. Vision 2030 proposes to intensify the application of ST&I to raise productivity and efficiency levels across the three pillars of national development. As a result, the Government is implementing the ST&I policy framework through the identification, acquisition, transfer, diffusion and application of relevant ST&I knowledge in all sectors of the economy. The first Medium Term Plan (MTP) 2008-2012 was developed based on the challenges identified in vision 2030 and other policy documents. It was implemented through a coordinated action plan within the context of economic, social and political pillars of the economy. The development of capacities of the national innovation system has been fast tracked to ensure the competitiveness in the international technology market, based on the targeted programmes from the identified sectoral areas. However, more need to be done and as a result, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and its stakeholders have developed the second MTP for 2013-2017 for the Science, Technology and Innovation sector. This second MTP (2013-2017) proposes more strategic and bold programmes to address the persisting macroeconomic and social-economic challenges, facing the country. The objective of the second MTP is to achieve the transformation to a knowledge based economy that integrates ST&I in national production processes and create technology platforms essential for the development of products, processes and services in a wide range of sectors. The 2nd MTP provides for prioritization of ST&I programmes based on their potential impact and the existing gaps identified within the framework of Vision 2030, the ST&I policy and the 1st MTP 2008-2012. I wish to appreciate and commend all stakeholders who participated in the compilation of this 2nd MTP. I further wish to reiterate the government’s commitment to provide an enabling environment for the successful implementation of this plan and call upon all partners to support the actualization of the programmes therein. The future can only get brighter. God bless Kenya. Prof. Jacob T. Kaimenyi, PhD, FICD, EBS CABINET SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ii PREFACE Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) play a pivotal role in the industrialization, sustainable development and growth of nations. Investments and integration of ST&I into social, economic and governance policies will increase Kenya’s global competitiveness, create employment and increase productivity. Intensified application of Science, Technology and Innovation is essential in raising productivity and efficiency levels across the economic, social and political pillars. All these are key attributes to achieving the overarching Kenya Vision 2030 goals. The Kenya Vision 2030 is implemented through five-year Medium Term Plans (MTP) under the various sectors. To achieve the goals of Vision 2030, the Science, Technology and Innovation sector has identified Flagship Programmes for the 2nd MTP. This approach calls for adoption of various initiatives including: Public Private Partnerships (PPPs); linking industry with academia; value chain analysis; synergy as opposed to individual competition and initiatives for closed-cycle cluster approach for enhanced cooperation. The 2nd MTP integrates science, technology and innovation into the identified sectors by ensuring that the sector players have access to the necessary technologies that will be relevant for the production of a diverse range of products, processes and services. The achievements realized and lessons learnt in the implementation of the 1st MTP have informed and shaped the preparation of the 2nd MTP. The ST&I sector prioritizes areas which reflect the most important fields of knowledge and technology for which research excellence is important to improve Kenya’s ability to address social and economic challenges. This plan prioritizes the following areas for implementation: Space Science Technologies, Materials, Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies; New Production Technologies; Energy Technologies; Biotechnology and Biosciences; Telecommunications, Electronics and Computers Technologies; Natural products and Indigenous Knowledge technologies; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education; and Coordination of Technology, Innovation and Commercialization. The resultant re-organization of institutional management and attendant legal frameworks, has provided a favourable environment and a great opportunity for a multi-sectoral approach to solving Kenya’s pressing challenges. This plan provides a bold, multi-disciplinary, transformative and creative approach to spur economic growth, sustainable job creation and improve the quality of life for all Kenyans. PROF. COLLETTE A. SUDA, PhD, FKNAS, EBS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, STATE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sustainable economic development requires that a country does not remain, primarily, a provider of raw materials with external dependency for hi-tech services. Thus, the ST&I sector seeks to identify national programmes that are aligned to the national goals and market needs, in order to identify sector priorities and determine the strategic technology platforms required to address those priorities. This requires the identification and development of projects aligned to the Vision 2030 which will help the country attain global competitiveness and a knowledge based economy. This calls for the rationalization, re-structuring and establishment of ST&I institutions to make them more effective in addressing national priority needs in order to build a robust national innovation system that uses product oriented multi-disciplinary approaches to become globally competitive. Concerted efforts will be made to strengthen governance and management of the ST&I sector and institutions to make them more efficient, effective and accountable for performance. This document outlines the second phase of implementation of activities to be pursued towards achieving the long term goals of Vision 2030. The 2nd MTP on ST&I is a vehicle through which the situational analysis of the sector is made, sector priorities and programmes are identified and an implementation matrix is postulated for a period of five years, (2013-2017) with a view to responding effectively to the global changes in Science, Technology and Innovation. The 2nd MTP lays the roadmap for implementing Kenya’s development objectives for ST&I for the next five years. The development of this 2nd MTP takes into consideration the ST&I sector mandate, the TVET Act, the University Education Act, the ST&I Act; ST&I policy; the Report of the Task Force on alignment of the Higher Education Science and Technology (TAHEST) sector to the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and the results of consultations with the MTP ST&I Sector stakeholders. The plan therefore reviews the successes attained and the challenges encountered in the implementation of the 1st MTP. The implementation of the 1st MTP recorded significant achievements in the growth and development of ST&I in Kenya. To further bolster the ST&I sector, the Government has developed policy and legal reforms that has led to the development of the ST&I policy and the enactment of the ST&I Act that streamlines the institutions needed to ensure effective coordination of ST&I in the country. Based on the lessons learnt, the plan sets out sector priorities, programmes and projects, analyses the policy and legal environment using an elaborate performance management framework. The 2nd MTP on ST&I comprises six chapters that outline the situational analysis, sector priorities, programmes and projects, policy and legal framework, implementation matrix and monitoring and evaluation. Chapter I presents the situational analysis with a focus on rationale and current status of the ST&I sector; overview, and strategic thrusts of the 1st MTP; and policy and institutional reforms that have been undertaken over the past five years. The chapter also gives a summary of achievements, challenges and lessons learnt. iv Chapter 2 presents the ST&I sector priorities and provides a brief description, criteria and rationale for identification and selection of the sector priorities. Prioritization is based on a bold, multi-disciplinary, transformative and creative approach in order to spur economic growth, sustainable job creation and improve the quality of life. Further, the priorities seek to advance the generation and creation of new knowledge with value to Kenya, while securing it through Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and capacity building. The areas identified as priority are: Material Science and Nano science; Engineering and new production technologies; Biotechnology and Biosciences; Space Science and Technology; Energy Technologies; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education; Nanotechnology; Telecommunications Electronics and computing technologies; Natural products and indigenous knowledge technologies; and Coordination of Technology, Innovation and Commercialization. Chapter 3 describes the programmes and projects that relate to the identified priority areas.
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